Kenworth produced its one millionth truck at its Chillicothe, Ohio, assembly facility in November. At the same time, Kenworth exists 75 years. The truck is an aerodynamic Kenworth T680 Advantage powered by a Paccar MX-13 engine, which was engineered and designed by DAF. Previously, Transam ordered no less than 1.000 of these trucks at Kenworth.…… Continue Reading
Isuzu N-Series trucks are not particularly cool. They are very useful, but all they do is their job and that’s it. Typical examples of N-Series Isuzu’s in practice are waste trucks. In the US, former Tesla-engineer Ian Wright is developing a plug-in-hybrid driveline based on a gasturbine combined with a small electric motor. The entire…… Continue Reading
And here is the new Ram 1500 Rebel pickup truck. This is the latest model of Ram as it is introduced in Detroit. It shure looks tough and probably this is the answer of Ram to the Ford Raptor. … Continue Reading
On the North American International Auto Show in Detroit a lot of new SUV’s and trucks are presented. The word ‘Trucks’ is used mainly for pickup trucks, but they are the closest thing to real trucks as far as I’m concerned. Here you see the new Hyundai Santa Cruz in pickup layout. Looking very good if you…… Continue Reading
DAF trucks launched their Predictive Cruise Control and Predictive Shift during the last IAA show in Hannover. The Dutch truck producer now explains how these systems work for the operator and how they help to get even the last kilometre out of every litre of fuel. [youtube width=”750″ height=”344″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-dfGrcWu9k[/youtube]… Continue Reading
From some friends in the USA we received these pics of the next Nissan Titan heavy pickup truck. It’s not yet exactly clear what’s been modified, but we see other front fenders and there are probably other, presumably smaller engines on their way. Hauling a trailer like this is a usual way tot test engine…… Continue Reading
By looking at the header above this blog you might think this is all about another big American van or pick-up truck but no. This is the American version of what we know as the Fiat Doblo. As you know the name Dodge is not used anymore for commercial vehicles. The new brand name is…… Continue Reading
Daimler owned subsidiary Detroit announced it can offer a new, fully integrated powertrain package that includes its DD15 engine, DT12 automated manual transmission and Detroit axles. This driveline package will be available for the Freightliner Cascadia Evolution in January next year and for the Wester Star 5700 later next year. The powertrain package offers a…… Continue Reading
The American Dailmler brand Freightliner is going to mount Jost fifth wheel couplings from now on as standard. The American market leader signed the contract with Jost last week. Freightliner will use the JSK 36 mm couplings as standard on Freightliner trucks but DTNA will also offer the lightweight JSK 36 coupling to the Western…… Continue Reading
American engine supplier Cummins has developed an engine series specifically destined for the Chinese and similar non-US markets. Called the G-Series, the new engines, which come in displacements of eleven and twelve litres, will be mounted firstly in Chinese Foton Auman GTL trucks (pic left). The new engines have a slimmer design and make do…… Continue Reading
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